Deep-dive into legal finance for the Asia market (2-part webinar): Part II

Bankruptcy & insolvency
International arbitration

July 2, 2020

The use of outside capital in the legal industry is becoming increasingly widespread. And yet many lawyers and clients still lack direct experience with a tool that many lawyers deem essential.

In this 2-part webinar, Quentin Pak, Robin Ganguly and James MacKinnon from the Burford origination and investment teams provides an in-depth discussion on the merits of using legal finance, the practical considerations of working with a funder and an overview of Burford’s investment process.

Watch Part I: Deep dive into legal finance

Part 2: Burford Director Quentin Pak and Counsel Robin Ganguly examines specific areas in which legal finance is commonly used in Asia, including international arbitration, liquidator funding, asset recovery and judgment/award monetisation.

You will learn:

• How international arbitration matters are typically funded and issues that parties should consider
• The use of litigation funding by liquidators, administrators and judicial managers to maximise the recovery of assets for insolvent estates
• An overview of the asset tracing process, including a summary of the jurisdictional arbitrage techniques used to find, restrain and ultimately recover assets in multi-jurisdiction asset recovery exercises

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Part I • Part II

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Quentin Pak

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Deep-dive into legal finance for the Asia market (2-part webinar): Part II

The use of outside capital in the legal industry is becoming increasingly widespread. And yet many lawyers and clients still lack direct experience with a tool that many lawyers deem essential.

Fill out the form above to watch the recording!

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